As Bakersfield gears up for another heatwave, pet owners should keep an eye out for sighs of heat illness in their pets.
- Video shows Friends of Clyde Animal Shelter
- Sundee Martineau, the founder of Bakersfield Boxers and Bullies, visits her newly aquired animal shelter two to three times a day to make sure the dogs at the shelter are staying cool.
Relief from the Bakersfield sun requires plenty of water and shade from the heat.
“You want some ice pretty girl,” Sundee Martineau asked one of the dogs at the shelter.
But, for those who can’t find that relief on their own, Bakersfield Boxers and Bullies Rescue steps in.
“When it gets into triple digits, everyone is miserable out there, especially our pets.”
With a trunk full of ice, Martineau visits their newly acquired Friends of Clyde Animal Shelter two to three times a day.
“Wanna get in your pool? You wanna get in your pool, I know,” she said, cooling off one of the pups.
Martineau stops at each kennel, soaking dogs like Brownie with cool water and taking packages of ice to each kennel.